Honest conservatives make the most interesting statements I
Sebastian Holsclaw, who might see the things I see if he saw what I look at (taking psychology into account will prevent that from being a tautology) says:
Will understanding the terrorists' political objectives really help us? I submit that it will only help us if we can live with their objectives. If their objectives include things like 'Convert everyone to Islam', or 'Bring sharia law to the entire Middle East' or 'destroy Israel', or 'arrange for US culture to not be tempting to our children', I'm not sure that knowing the objective will help because we can't accommadate the objectives.
…and I see this Arab stereotype in the back of my mind saying, "Will understanding the Americans' motivations really help us? I submit that it will only help us if we can live with their objectives. If their objectives include things like 'Convert everyone to Free Market Capitalism,' or 'Bring Democracy to the entire Middle East,' or 'destroy Palestine,' or 'Arrange for our people to buy more cyclical, fashion driven products,' I'm not sure that knowing the motivation will help because we can't accommodate the motivation.
Moral equivalence? No. Functional equivalence.
Posted by Prometheus 6 on November 22, 2003 - 3:06am :: Seen online
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